Pratchett is in my mind the best satirist of the 20th century. Absolutely brilliant the way he makes us laugh at the collective insanity which makes us put up with the horseshit our species is steeped in.

I have read Pratchett' "The Colour of Magic" and I enjoyed it. It seemed like "Monty Python presents The Tolkein Trilogy". The guys at Harvard Lampoon published a screamingly funny send-up of Tolkein back in the early 70's; I think I may still have it somewhere. I think this was during the time that Henry Beard, Doug Kenney and P.J. O'Rourke were all there. But memory fades...Maybe I should re-read Waugh's MAA and then read Pratchett's.

I've read a Tolkien sendup I think you are referring to from the Lampoon lot called "Bored of the Rings." It wasn't very funny to me the first time I read it, but then I read the LOTR books and re-read BOTR, and it was much better. You should definitely take time to read Pratchett. I liked The Colour of Magic, but the Rincewind novels are my least favorite - I think he hadn't quite hit his stride with the novels, at that point.